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description: "How big is the founder decision advisory market in the US? There is no defensible independently measured number for that narrow category in this research. "
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# Related founder FAQs

### How big is the founder decision advisory market in the US?

There is no defensible independently measured number for that narrow category in this research. The context’s $50m–$600m is a scenario calculated from unverified assumptions, not an observed market size.

### How fast is it growing?

A category-specific measured CAGR is unavailable. Do not use adjacent coaching or VC growth as a substitute for founder advisory adoption. [2025 ICF Global Coaching Study](https://coachingfederation.org/resources/research/global-coaching-study/)

### Does $515.8bn of VC investment mean lots of founders can afford advisers?

Not necessarily: NVCA describes substantial concentration in AI and larger financings. Aggregate deployment is not a measure of a seed founder’s spare advisory budget. [PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, Q3 2026](https://nvca.org/pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor/)

### What is the average fee for a US decision review?

No verified representative fee was located. Obtain dated like-for-like proposals and record scope, total commitment and equity.

### Are there publicly tracked adviser contract deals?

Not in a comparable verified dataset found in this pass. Public venture funding and coaching-market reports are adjacent activity, not decision-review deal announcements.

### Can I use ICF revenue as the market size?

No: ICF reports global coaching revenue across many client types and service lines. It should be labelled an adjacent market signal. [2025 ICF Global Coaching Study](https://coachingfederation.org/resources/research/global-coaching-study/)

### Do Census business applications equal VC startups?

No; the Census series covers a broad set of new business applications and subsequent formations. It does not establish the count of funded, 2–50-employee technology ventures. [US Census: September 2026 Business Formation Statistics release](https://cdn.www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/business-formation-statistics-oct14.html)